Jan Swafford is an American classical composer and the author of several musical biographies, including most recently, "Mozart: The Reign of Love."

David Gerard is the author of the book and blog, "Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum & Smart Contracts."

Heather Clark is a professor at University of Huddersfield, and the author of "Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath."

Derrick Jensen is an environmentalist and author. His latest book is, "Bright Green Lies: How the Environmental Movement Lost Its Way and What We Can Do About It."

Peter Neumann is the Chief Scientist at the SRI International Computer Science Lab and the moderator of the ACM Risks forum.

Dale Beran is a journalist and the author of, "It Came From Something Awful: How a Toxic Troll Army Accidentally Memed Donald Trump Into Office."

Wade Davis is an anthropologist, ethnobotanist and author. He is the author of several best-selling books, the most recent of which is, "Magdalena: River of Dreams."

Rachel Corbett is a journalist, a deputy editor at Artnet, and the author of "You Must Change Your Life: The Story of Rainer Maria Rilke and Auguste Rodin."